Charlie Toth in Somerset, NJ has been making & selling 5-pound hard sugar-candy blocks for Honeybee winter feeding. He wraps his blocks in butcher paper. The best way to add a sugar candy block to the hive is as follows:
- Use only on hives where the cluster is in the top super
- Build a 3 inch high super & place on the original top super
- Add two small shims over the cluster (shims should be <5/16″ high)
- Unwrap one side of sugar block (do not rip paper)
- Place exposed sugar block on shims over the cluster
- Make sure the unwrapped paper lays out to the sides of the cluster to capture the bees’ heat
- Place inner cover over 3 inch high super
- Place Telescoping top over inner cover
- Apply blue painters tape around seam between 3 inch high super and original top super
If you are looking to purchase these sugar blocks Charlie can be reached at: 732-873-2989
